Species: Protammodytes sarisa, Caribbean sand-lance, Caribbean Sandlance

long, pointed snout
4 scales above LL, 9 below

Protammodytes sarisa (Robins & Böhlke 1970)
Caribbean sand-lance
Body elongate, compressed, relatively short, slender, depth ~10% SL; head pointed, snout long; mouth small, opens at front, top jaw protractile; a projecting lower jaw; no teeth; a single low, very long-based dorsal fin, 43-45 rays; anal fin short based, under rear of dorsal fin, 17 rays; dorsal and anal fins without spines; pelvic fins present, well developed, length 6% SL; tail forked; lateral line very high on the sides; minute smooth scales not arranged in oblique rows, 92-95 on lateral line, 4 & 9 scales above and below the lateral line; lateral line simple, without branches or accessory projections above it.
Silvery
Reaches at least 12 cm
Presumably on sandy bottoms
Depth range 187 m
Known only from a single specimen collected off St Vincent, SE Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s) only
- GC endemic
- Antilles endemic
- All species..
- Caribbean endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 12
- Depth Range Min
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- Depth Range Max
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- 187